Folding car-step.



G. A. BOSLER.

FOLDING CAR SEP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25. Iglu.

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Application nled March 25, i918.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that ll, GEORGE fi. lBosnEn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of lllinois, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Folding CanSteps; and ldo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in folding car steps,and has for its object to provide a device of this char acter which canbe attached to the fixed steps and to be folded or extended as desired..

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide a folded ear step whichcan be conveniently operated from the platform of a car so as to movethe folded step in close proximity to the platform and can be readilyfolded so as to be nut of the way when not in use..

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in thenovel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangementof parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustratedin the accompanying drawing, in which lFigure l is a front view of thedevice.

lFig. 2 is a side view.

flig. 8 is a rear view..

lBig. 4l is a sectional view on line M of lHig. l..

llig.. 5 is a sectional view on line 5-5 of lFig.. l.

lBig. 6 is a similar View on line G-G of Referring to the drawing lindicates the platform of the car, and 2 the usual fined steps. 'llo theVtread of the lowermost step is hingedly connected the riser 3 of thefolding step, the tread i thereof being hingedly connected to saidriser. To the ends of the riser 3 are secured lugs 5, the purpose ofwhich will appear later.

dournaled beneath the steps 2 is a shaft 6, said shaft carrying at itsends the arms 7. 'llo one of the arms is pivotally connected the lowerend of the rod 8, said rod being pivotally connected to the handle 9 bythe link l0. 'llhe steps 2 are provided with rods il which entend beyondthe side bars of the Specification of .tetters Patent.

Patented duly Wd., llWfdl Serial No. matita.

steps and slidably engage the slots l2 formed il:

in the bars i3, said bars having formed thereon shoulders 141-, thepurpose of which will later appear.

'llhe tread d of the folding step has its ends provided with lugs l5which are pivotally engaged in the lower ends of the bars 13 so thatwhen said bars are moved upwardly the riser 3 and tread d will becornpelled to fold beneath the lowermost tread of the fired steps.

lP'ivotally connected to the arms 7 and bars 13 are jointed links 16.

lin operation the handle 9 is swung inwardly, which action rocks theshaft 6 so as to cause the links 16 to draw the bar i3 upwardly thusfolding the riser 3 and tread t beneath the. lowermost tread of thesteps 2.. When the handle 9 is swung to its extreme limit of movement tothe right it is obvious that the rod 8 will be held from movingdownwardly thus holding the supplemental step inits folded position.When the bar 13 is moved downwardly the shoulders le will engage thelugs 5 thus causing the supplemental step to unfold and will hold thesame steady when in use.

ln a device of the class described, al platform having hired steps, afolding step comprising a riser and a hingedly connected tread, saidriser being hingedly connected to the hired steps, lugs carried by thefixed steps, a bar having a longitudinal slot formed therein forslidably engaging the lugs, a shaft journaled transversely of the fixedsteps, arms carried by the shaft,

jointed links connecting the bar and arms, shoulders carried by thebars, said riser and tread f having lugs and pins carried respectivelythereby, said pins being pivotally engaged with the lower ends of thebar, the lugs of the riser being adapted to be engaged by the shoulders,and means for rocking the shaft to move the bar upwardly or downwardly,as and for the purpose set forth.

lin testimony whereof, ll my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

enonenn. Bosnian.

Witnesses:

WM. 0G. Woon, SIGNE l-lAnnQnis'r.

Ucpies of this patent may he obtained for iive cents each, by addressingthe tominissioner of t'atents, Washington, 'it t.

